Ecosystem Vocab Review

A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving parts of the environment.

• Population

• Community

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

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All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.

• community

• habitat

• population

• ecosystem

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An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

• Plant

• Producer

• Consumer

• Mutualist

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The image provided is an example of a(n):

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Producer

• Decomposer

Which of the following best defines an ecosystem?

• A community of living organisms and their interactions with their abiotic environment.

• A specific area of land or water with a uniform climate.

• A group of interconnected food chains.

• A collection of species that have high genetic diversity.

Which term describes a community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment, interacting as a system?

• Biosphere

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Biome

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Which of the following is an example of an aquatic ecosystem?

• Desert

• Coral reef

• Grassland

• Tundra

A diagram that uses arrows to show the MANY possible directions in which energy can pass through the organisms in an ecosystem.

• Food chain

• Food web

• Energy Pyramid

• Succession Map

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The nonliving parts of an ecosystem.

• Abiotic factors

• Biotic factors

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The study of how living things interact with one another and with their environment.

• Biology

• Chemistry

• Ecology

• Farmacology

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